Definition of the word assignment

2

a

: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned

Her assignment was to the embassy in India.

b

: a specified task or amount of work assigned or undertaken as if assigned by authority

3

law

: the transfer of property

especially

: the transfer of property to be held in trust or to be used for the benefit of creditors

Synonyms

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charged with a variety of tasks

duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.



the duties of a lifeguard

job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance.



the job of turning the company around

chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm.



every child was assigned chores

stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service.



a 2-month stint as a reporter

assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority.

Example Sentences



The students were given a homework assignment.



The reporter’s assignment is to interview the candidate.



The reporter is here on an assignment.



The reporter is here on assignment.



The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.



her assignment to the embassy in India



the computer’s assignment of a number to each image



She asked if she could change her seating assignment.

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Greg Luca is the UTSA beat reporter and general assignment reporter for the San Antonio Express-News.


Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Apr. 2023





Zendaya always understands the assignment.


Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2023





Sarallo aced the assignment, throwing the program’s first no-hitter since Person two years ago as a freshman.


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Velasquez, who sets the defensive assignments, put him to Davis.


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Prospects get settled The season-opening assignments for top Red Sox prospects are set.


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As Bob talked to more people and read more policy documents, research reports, and public-meeting minutes, the assignment went from two or three articles to twelve, covering the technological hurdles, policy battles, and consumer attitudes surrounding the EV transition.


IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2023





In baseball, the events on the field of play matter less than the assignments of responsibility and the judgments of praise – and blameworthiness.


Alva Noë, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023



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Word History

Etymology

see assign entry 1

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of assignment was
in the 14th century

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Other forms: assignments

Whether you’re an international spy with a new mission or a high school student with math homework — when you get an assignment, you’d better do it! An assignment is a task that someone in authority has asked you to do.

The word assignment is just the noun form of the common verb assign, which you use when you want to give someone a duty or a job. When you assign something, that something is called an assignment. The word can also refer to the act of distributing something. If you are distributing new office furniture at work, you might say, “Assignment of the new chairs will begin tomorrow.”

Definitions of assignment

  1. noun

    an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

  2. noun

    a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

    “a hazardous
    assignment

    synonyms:

    duty assignment

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    guard, guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go

    the duty of serving as a sentry

    fatigue, fatigue duty

    labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)

    charge, commission, mission

    a special assignment that is given to a person or group

    reassignment

    assignment to a different duty

    sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty

    naval service aboard a ship at sea

    shore duty

    naval service at land bases

    fool’s errand

    a fruitless mission

    mission impossible

    an extremely dangerous or difficult mission

    martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide mission

    killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb

    secondment

    the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere

    type of:

    duty

    work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

  3. noun

    the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

  4. noun

    the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

    “the first task is the
    assignment of an address to each datum”

    synonyms:

    assigning

  5. noun

    (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

  6. noun

    the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English assignement, from Old French assignement.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -aɪnmənt

Noun[edit]

assignment (countable and uncountable, plural assignments)

  1. The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

    This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee.

  2. The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

    We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.

    1. (LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
  3. An assigned task.

    The assignment the department gave him proved to be quite challenging.

  4. A position to which someone is assigned.

    Unbeknownst to Mr Smith, his new assignment was in fact a demotion.

  5. (education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

    Mrs Smith gave out our assignments, and said we had to finish them by Monday.

  6. (law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

    The assignment of the lease has not been finalised yet.

  7. (law) A document that effects this transfer.

    Once you receive the assignment in the post, be sure to sign it and send it back as soon as possible.

  8. (programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

Hyponyms[edit]

  • (programming): augmented assignment

Derived terms[edit]

  • assignment operator
  • frequency assignment
  • Procrustean assignment

Translations[edit]

act of assigning; allocation of tasks

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 分配 (zh) (fēnpèi), 布置 (zh) (bùzhì), 指定 (zh) (zhǐdìng), 指派 (zh) (zhǐpài)
  • Dutch: toewijzing (nl) f, toekenning (nl) f
  • Finnish: toimeksianto (fi) (act of assigning); työnjako (fi) (allocation)
  • French: affectation (fr) f
  • German: Zuweisung f, Übertragung (de) f
  • Portuguese: designação (pt) f
  • Russian: назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije), распределе́ние (ru) n (raspredelénije)
  • Spanish: asignación (es) f
  • Swedish: tilldelning

categorization

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 歸類归类 (zh) (guīlèi)
  • Finnish: luokitus (fi)
  • French: affectation (fr) f
  • German: Zuordnung (de) f
  • Portuguese: atribuição (pt) f
  • Russian: категориза́ция (ru) f (kategorizácija), классифика́ция (ru) f (klassifikácija)
  • Spanish: please add this translation if you can

task

  • Azerbaijani: tapşırıq (az)
  • Bulgarian: зада́ча (bg) f (zadáča)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 任務任务 (zh) (rènwù)
  • Dutch: opdracht (nl) f, taak (nl) f
  • Finnish: tehtävä (fi), toimeksianto (fi)
  • French: tâche (fr) f, mission (fr) f
  • German: Aufgabe (de), Aufgabengebiet (de) n, Arbeit (de) f
  • Hebrew: מְשִׂימָה (he) f (mesimá)
  • Russian: зада́ние (ru) n (zadánije), зада́ча (ru) f (zadáča), поруче́ние (ru) n (poručénije)
  • Spanish: tarea (es) f
  • Swedish: uppdrag (sv), uppgift (sv)

position

  • Bulgarian: назначе́ние (bg) n (naznačénie)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 指派 (zh) (zhǐpài), 職位职位 (zh) (zhíwèi)
  • Dutch: benoeming (nl) f
  • Finnish: tehtävä (fi)
  • French: affectation (fr) f
  • German: Posten (de) m
  • Portuguese: atribuição (pt) f, posição (pt) f
  • Russian: назначе́ние (ru) n (naznačénije)
  • Spanish: tarea (es) f
  • Swedish: uppdrag (sv) n

typically a task given to students

  • Azerbaijani: tapşırıq (az), ev tapşırığı
  • Bulgarian: зада́ча (bg) f (zadáča)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 作業作业 (zh) (zuòyè)
  • Dutch: huiswerk (nl) n, opdracht (nl) f, taak (nl) f
  • Finnish: tehtävä (fi), harjoitustehtävä (fi)
  • French: devoir (fr)
  • German: Aufgabe (de), Hausarbeit (de) f, Studienarbeit f
  • Japanese: 宿題 (ja) (しゅくだい, shukudai)
  • Korean: 숙제 (ko) (sukje)
  • Portuguese: tarefa (pt) f, trabalho (pt) m
  • Russian: зада́ние (ru) n (zadánije), зада́ча (ru) f (zadáča), дома́шнее зада́ние (ru) n (domášneje zadánije) (homework)
  • Spanish: tarea (es)
  • Tagalog: takdang-aralin

transfer of rights or benefits

  • Breton: dilez m
  • Bulgarian: преотстъпване (preotstǎpvane)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: cessie (nl) c
  • Finnish: oikeuden luovutus
  • French: cession (fr) f
  • German: Abtretung (de) f, Zession (de) f
  • Italian: cessione (it) f
  • Japanese: 譲渡 (ja) (jōto)
  • Polish: cesja (pl), przelew (pl) m
  • Portuguese: cessão (pt) f
  • Russian: переда́ча (ru) f (peredáča), переусту́пка (ru) f (pereustúpka), це́ссия (ru) f (céssija), индоссаме́нт (ru) m (indossamént), ассигнова́ние (ru) n (assignovánije) (funds)
  • Spanish: cesión (es) f
  • Welsh: aseiniad (cy) m

document that effects this transfer

  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Dutch: akte van cessie c
  • Finnish: luovutuskirja
  • French: acte de cession m
  • German: Abtretungsurkunde f, Zessionsurkunde f, Übertragungsurkunde f
  • Italian: atto di cessione m
  • Portuguese: cessão (pt) f
  • Russian: докуме́нт (ru) m (dokumént) (о переда́че)
  • Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References[edit]

  • assignment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Look up assignment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Assignment, assign or The Assignment may refer to:

  • Homework
  • Sex assignment
  • The process of sending National Basketball Association players to its development league; see NBA G League § Assignment

Computing[edit]

  • Assignment (computer science), a type of modification to a variable
  • Drive letter assignment, the process of assigning alphabetical identifiers to disk drives or partitions
  • ASSIGN (DOS command)

Mathematics[edit]

  • Assignment problem, a type of math problem
  • Assignment (mathematical logic)

Financial and legal[edit]

  • Assignment (housing law), a concept that allows the transfer of a tenancy from one person to another
  • Assignment (law), a transfer of rights between two parties
  • Along with clearing, a stage in exercising a financial option
  • General assignment or Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, an alternative to bankruptcy for businesses that’s available in British common law and some US states

Entertainment[edit]

Literature[edit]

  • The Assignment (novella), by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  • The Assignment, a 2016 book by Sophie Labelle
  • The Assignment, a 2020 novel by Liza Wiemer

Film and TV[edit]

  • The Assignment (1977 film)
  • The Assignment (1997 film)
  • Assignment (2015 film)
  • The Assignment (2016 film)
  • «The Assignment» (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • Assignment (TV program), a late night news magazine program

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    assignment

    1) зада́ние

    2) назначе́ние;

    3) ассигнова́ние

    4) распределе́ние; (пред)назначе́ние

    5)

    юр.

    переда́ча иму́щества или прав

    6)

    юр.

    докуме́нт о переда́че иму́щества или прав

    7) командиро́вка

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > assignment

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    assignment

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    assignment

    Distribution of frequencies to stations. Distribution of SSR Codes or 24-bit aircraft addresses to aircraft.

    Official definition added to

    PANS-RAC

    by

    Amdt

    5 (10/11/1994).

    Распределение частот станциям. Распределение кодов ВОРЛ или 24-битовых адресов режима S воздушным судам.

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    assignment

    назначение ; зачисление ; выделение ; задача, обязанность; разнарядка; должность;

    — targeting assignment

    — utilization tour assignment

    English-Russian military dictionary > assignment

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    assignment

    [əˈsaɪnmənt]

    address assignment вчт. присваивание адреса assignment ассигнование assignment возложение (обязанностей) assignment возложение обязанностей assignment юр. выделение assignment документ о передаче имущества или прав assignment пат. документ о передаче права assignment задание assignment закрепление assignment командировка assignment назначение; assignment to a position назначение на должность assignment назначение assignment упр. назначение на должность assignment отчуждение assignment перевод (долга) assignment перевод долга assignment передача (права) assignment передача assignment юр. передача имущества или прав assignment передача права assignment переуступка assignment поручение assignment предназначение assignment вчт. присваивание assignment распределение; (пред)назначение assignment распределение assignment уступка assignment уступка требования assignment цессия assignment attr.: assignment clause условие передачи (имущества, прав) assignment by module вчт. распределение программистов по модулям assignment attr.: assignment clause условие передачи (имущества, прав) assignment for security передача права собственности на ценные бумаги assignment of a debt перевод долга assignment of assets отчуждение имущества assignment of claim переуступка претензии assignment of copyright передача авторского права assignment of debt переуступка долга assignment of income переуступка дохода assignment of lease передача аренды assignment of patent передача патента assignment of rights передача прав assignment of rights переуступка прав assignment of risk передача риска assignment of shares переуступка акций assignment of title передача права собственности assignment of work распределение работы assignment назначение; assignment to a position назначение на должность default assignment вчт. присваивание по умолчанию demand assignment вчт. выделение по требованию disclosed assignment открытая передача права disclosed assignment открытая уступка требования disclosed assignment открытая цессия facilities assignment вчт. распределение ресурсов fictitious assignment фиктивное назначение gate assignment вчт. распределение вентилей legal assignment цессия по общему праву multiple assignment вчт. множественное присваивание notarial assignment нотариальная передача (права) programming assignment распределение работы по программированию single assignment вчт. одноразовое присваивание undisclosed assignment уступка долгового обязательства без уведомления заемщика unit assignment вчт. распределение устройств value assignment вчт. задание величин value assignment вчт. присваивание значений wage assignment ассигнования на заработную плату

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    assignment

    сущ.

    1)

    общ.

    задание, поручение

    See:

    2)

    Syn:

    б)

    эк.

    выделение, распределение ; закрепление, назначение

    See:

    3)

    а)

    ,

    юр.

    передача; продажа; переуступка

    See:

    See:

    See:

    See:

    Syn:

    See:

    4)

    ,

    эк.

    акт о передаче , цессия

    See:

    See:

    * * *

    1) цессия, уступка, передача любого права или имущества во исполнение соглашения (при соответствующем уведомлении); документ о такой передаче;
    2) индоссамент на ценной бумаге о ее передаче новому владельцу;
    3) уведомление продавца опциона о его использовании (исполнении) покупателем;
    4) продажа соглашения о свопе (при согласии первоначального владельца);
    5) продажа (переуступка) банковского кредита;
    6) передача (уступка) прав по страховому полису другим лицам (напр., для обеспечения кредита);
    7) задание, поручение;
    8) назначение (на должность);
    9) ассигнование, выделение.

    * * *

    Передача, переуступка; переуступка прав; цессия; задание (консультанта)-, проектное задание; назначение

    Англо-русский экономический словарь > assignment

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    assignment

    2) ассигнование; выделение, распределение

    4)

    юр.

    передача, переуступка, цессия

    assignment agreement

    English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > assignment

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    assignment

    1. назначение; присваивание; распределение

    2. назначение; ассигнование; задание

    3. отчисления

    4. назначение; передача; задание

    5. присваивание; назначение; закрепление

    6. отнесение; интерпретация

    Синонимический ряд:

    2. designation (noun) appointment; authorisation; authorization; designation; fixing; naming; nomination; setting

    3. duty (noun) chare; charge; chore; devoir; duty; homework; job; obligation; responsibility; stint; talk; task

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    assignment

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    assignment

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    assignment

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    assignment

    1. ассигнование

    2. назначение

    3. задание

    4. выделение

    English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > assignment

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    assignment

    Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > assignment

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    assignment

    1) назначение (напр. срока); задание (напр. подчинённому)

    2) передача, переуступка (имущества, права); уступка требования; цессия

    3) ассигнование

    4) предназначение; распределение

    Англо-русский словарь по экономике и финансам > assignment

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  • assignment — as·sign·ment n 1: the act of assigning 2 a: a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b: a task assigned 3: a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment: an assignment in which the transfer is complete and leaves the… …   Law dictionary

  • Assignment — As*sign ment, n. [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.] 1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) (a) A transfer of title or interest by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • assignment — late 14c., order, request, directive, from O.Fr. assignement (legal) assignment (of dower, etc.), from L.L. assignamentum, noun of action from L. assignare (see ASSIGN (Cf. assign)). Meaning appointment to office is mid 15c.; that of a task… …   Etymology dictionary

  • assignment — assignment, assignation An assignment is an allocation, and in law a legal transfer of a right or property, or the document that effects the transfer. It is also a task or piece of work allotted to a person, in this meaning originating in AmE.… …   Modern English usage

  • assignment — [n1] responsibility, task appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, homework, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint; concept 362 assignment [n2] selecting or setting apart allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment …   New thesaurus

  • Assignment K — is a 1968 British thriller film directed by Val Guest, and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave and Leo McKern. A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend in order to try and… …   Wikipedia

  • assignment — *task, duty, job, stint, chore …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • assignment — ► NOUN 1) a task allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study. 2) the action of assigning …   English terms dictionary

  • assignment — [ə sīn′mənt] n. 1. an assigning or being assigned; appointment; allotment 2. anything assigned or allotted, as a lesson, task, etc. 3. Law a) a transfer of a claim, right, property, etc. b) an instrument, as a deed, authorizing this SYN. TASK …   English World dictionary

  • assignment — n. task mission 1) to give smb. an assignment 2) to carry out an assignment (the ambassador carried out her assignment brilliantly) 3) a dangerous; difficult, rough, tough; easy assignment 4) an overseas; rush; special assignment 5) an assignment …   Combinatory dictionary

  • assignment — Options are exercised through the option purchaser s broker, who notifies the clearinghouse of the option s exercise. The clearinghouse then notifies the option seller that the buyer has exercised. When futures options are exercised, the buyer of …   Financial and business terms

What do we mean by assignment?

The act of assigning. noun

Something, such as a task, that is assigned: synonym: task. noun

A position or post of duty to which one is assigned. noun

The transfer of a claim, right, interest, or property from one to another. noun

The instrument by which this transfer is effected. noun

The act of apportioning or allotting; allotment. noun

The act of setting apart, appointing, designating, or specifying. noun

That which has been assigned, as a particular task or duty. noun

Specifically, in law: The transference of a right or an interest. See assign, v., 6 noun

. A pointing out or setting forth: as, the assignment of error. noun

The writing by which an interest is transferred. noun

An allotment, allowance, or pension; a sum allowed. noun

Formerly, in Australia, the allotting of convicts as unpaid servants to colonists, in order to relieve the authorities of the expense of the convict establishments. noun

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court. noun

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands. noun

The writing by which an interest is transferred. noun

The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. noun

The setting out by metes and bounds of the widow’s thirds or portion in the deceased husband’s estate, and allotting it to her. noun

The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.

The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.

An assigned task.

A position to which someone is assigned.

A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.

A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

A document that effects this transfer.

An operation that assigns a value to a variable.

A chance to practice the art of plagiarism. Urban Dictionary

A piece of work you cannot be botherd to do Urban Dictionary

Something that is relatively important, but you will still leave it till the last minute and complete it the night before it’s due in, armed with dangerous amounts of caffeine and sweets, in a major panic. However, you will still feel cheated if you don’t get an awesome grade, although you may pretend to be fine with it.
They usually have word limits, which are a total bitch to adhere to — if it isn’t too short it’ll be miles too long.
They will produce much bitching and complaining and procrastinating (bubbleshooter.net is a particularly good tool for this).
The one positive thing about them perhaps, is the sheer feeling of relief that occurs when the last word is typed and all word counts are adhered to. Who cares if it makes sense or answers the question?! It’s finished. The only feeling quite like it is that wonderful feeling that occurs when you finally go to the toilet after being desperate for ages. Urban Dictionary

Something you do the night before it’s due. Urban Dictionary

A secret meeting usually occurring between lovers. Urban Dictionary

Something you do the night before it’s due. Urban Dictionary

(variations: assignating, assignated, assignator, assignatee)
To take off someone’s $3000 designer glasses, wipe your butt with them, and put them back on their face. Urban Dictionary

An assignment (typically for school) that is given for the sake of having an assignment.
Bullshit assignments relate to the course, but they do not particularly advance your knowledge in said course. Since these assignments are not useful for actually learning, they are bullshit assignments. It is just a bunch of busy work that makes life more frustrating than it already is… Especially since the assignment shouldn’t exist in the first place! Urban Dictionary

When you parents are on your ass when you just tryna live your life and have fun and your teacher is a bitch Urban Dictionary

As if the fact that kids spend almost 10 months of their entire year stuck in some classroom, learning useless information and getting their rights and individuality stripped away wasn’t enough torture, somebody thought it’d be a good idea to start off the kids’ summer by essentially giving them a project. That is basically what a summer assignment is.
Most people that run these school systems are oblivious to the fact that: A) Kids are not going to magically become more literate by being forced to read some crappy novel B) Most kids don’t even read the books they’re given, instead relying on the internet (A.K.A. that thing that proved that school is 100% obsolete) to give them a quick summary of it, and doing their 5 page essay on that and C) Most kids would rather NOT think about school during the only time they have off.
It’s almost similar to when they send you packets to do during Christmas Vacation, and you were too busy doing those to actually enjoy playing your new video game system (because homework packets make everybody feel jolly!). Except imagine them taking a bite out of your summer instead. That is what summer assignments are like. Urban Dictionary


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as·sign·ment

 (ə-sīn′mənt)

n.

1. The act of assigning: His assignment of the tasks seemed unfair.

2. Something, such as a task, that is assigned: What’s the math assignment for tonight? See Synonyms at task.

3. A position or post of duty to which one is assigned: The journalist took an assignment in China.

4. Law

a. The transfer of a claim, right, interest, or property from one to another.

b. The instrument by which this transfer is effected.

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assignment

(əˈsaɪnmənt)

n

1. something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task

2. a position or post to which a person is assigned

3. the act of assigning or state of being assigned

4. (Law) law

a. the transfer to another of a right, interest, or title to property, esp personal property: assignment of a lease.

b. the document effecting such a transfer

c. the right, interest, or property transferred

5. (Law) law (formerly) the transfer, esp by an insolvent debtor, of property in trust for the benefit of his creditors

6. (Logic) logic a function that associates specific values with each variable in a formal expression

7. history Austral a system (1789–1841) whereby a convict could become the unpaid servant of a freeman

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as•sign•ment

(əˈsaɪn mənt)

n.

1. something assigned, as a particular task or duty.

2. a position of responsibility, post of duty, or the like, to which one is appointed.

3. an act of assigning; appointment.

4.

a. the transfer of property, as to assignees for the benefit of creditors.

b. the instrument of transfer.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin]

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

assignment

homework

1. ‘assignment’

An assignment is a task that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job.

My first major assignment as a reporter was to cover a large-scale riot.

An assignment is also a piece of academic work given to students.

The course has heavy reading assignments.

When class begins, he gives us an assignment and we have seven minutes to work at it.

In American English, an assignment is also a piece of work given to students to do at home.

2. ‘homework’

Work given to schoolchildren to do at home is also called homework.

He never did any homework.

Be Careful!
Homework is an uncountable noun. You do not talk about ‘homeworks’ or ‘a homework’. Note that you do not say ‘I have made my homework‘. You say ‘I have done my homework’.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)assignment — a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); «hazardous duty»

duty assignment

duty — work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons; «the duties of the job»

guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go, guard — the duty of serving as a sentry; «he was on guard that night»

fatigue duty, fatigue — labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on); «the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson»; «they were assigned to kitchen fatigues»

mission, charge, commission — a special assignment that is given to a person or group; «a confidential mission to London»; «his charge was deliver a message»

reassignment — assignment to a different duty

sea-duty, service abroad, shipboard duty — naval service aboard a ship at sea

shore duty — naval service at land bases

2. assignment — the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument — (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

law, jurisprudence — the collection of rules imposed by authority; «civilization presupposes respect for the law»; «the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order»

3. assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or personsassignment — the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; «the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum»

assigning

storage allocation, allocation — (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

distribution — the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning

4. assignment — (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

grant

law, jurisprudence — the collection of rules imposed by authority; «civilization presupposes respect for the law»; «the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order»

transferred possession, transferred property — a possession whose ownership changes or lapses

apanage, appanage — a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; «bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families»

land grant — a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)

5. assignment - an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)assignment — an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

school assignment, schoolwork — a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

project, task, undertaking, labor — any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; «he prepared for great undertakings»

writing assignment, written assignment — an assignment to write something

6. assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective positionassignment — the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; «the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee»

appointment, designation, naming

decision, determination, conclusion — the act of making up your mind about something; «the burden of decision was his»; «he drew his conclusions quickly»

nomination — the act of officially naming a candidate; «the Republican nomination for Governor»

co-optation, co-option — the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee’s consent)

delegacy — the appointment of a delegate

ordinance, ordination — the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; «the rabbi’s family was present for his ordination»

recognition — designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; «he was unable to make his motion because he couldn’t get recognition by the chairman»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

assignment

noun

1. task, work, job, charge, position, post, commission, exercise, responsibility, duty, mission, appointment, undertaking, occupation, chore The course involves written assignments and practical tests.

3. giving, issuing, grant, distribution, allocation, earmarking, allotment, designation, consignment, dealing out, assignation (Law, chiefly Scot.), apportionment The state prohibited the assignment of licences to competitors.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

assignment

noun

1. The act of distributing or the condition of being distributed:

2. The act of attributing:

3. A piece of work that has been assigned:

4. Law. A making over of legal ownership or title:

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Translations

úkolpřiřazení

opgavehvervlektie

tehtävätoimeksiantotyötehtävä

zadatak

verkefni

割り当て

임무

naloga

uppdrag

งานที่ได้รับมอบหมาย

nhiệm vụ

assignment

[əˈsaɪnmənt] N

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

assignment

[əˈsaɪnmənt] n

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

assignment

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

assign

(əˈsain) verb

1. to give to someone as his share or duty. They assigned the task to us.

2. to order or appoint. He assigned three men to the job.

asˈsignment noun

a duty assigned to someone. You must complete this assignment by tomorrow.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

assignment

مُهِمَّة úkol opgave Aufgabe ανάθεση misión, tarea tehtävä mission zadatak compito 割り当て 임무 opdracht oppdrag zadanie tarefa задание uppdrag งานที่ได้รับมอบหมาย görev nhiệm vụ 任务

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

as·sign·ment

n. asignación, tarea, misión.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

назначение, задание, присвоение, присваивание, распределение, выделение

существительное

- назначение

assignment to a position — назначение на должность
I shall soon be leaving for an assignment in India — я скоро уезжаю на работу в Индию

- ассигнование

assignment of sums — ассигнование сумм

- выделение, распределение

assignment of lands — выделение земельных участков

- задание

his assignment was to find the murderer — ему было поручено найти убийцу

- амер. домашнее задание (ученика)

to do one’s assignment — делать уроки

- приписывание (чего-л. кому-л.)
- ист. прикрепление ссыльных к колонистам для бесплатной работы (в Австралии)
- цессия, передача, уступка (прав и т. п.)

assignment clause — условие о переуступке (в страховом полисе)

- документ о передаче, цессии и т. п.

assignment of a contract — переуступка контракта
assignment of copyright — передача авторского права

- вчт. присваивание

assignment statement — оператор присваивания

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

her assignment to the embassy in India — её назначение в посольство в Индии  
the computer’s assignment of a number to each image — присвоение компьютером номера каждому изображению  
difficult / rough / tough assignment — трудное задание  
rush / easy assignment — лёгкое задание  
dangerous assignment — опасное задание  
special assignment — специальное задание  
to give / hand out an assignment — поручить, дать задание  
unsavoury assignment — неприятное задание  
assignment switch — распределитель вызовов  
assignment network — сеть назначений (в задаче о назначениях)  
assignment for benefit of creditors — учреждение доверительной собственности для выплаты долгов с установлением очередности  
assignment deed — акт передачи права, цессия  

Примеры с переводом

The reporter is here on assignment.

Репортёр здесь на задании.

The students were given a homework assignment.

Студенты / ученики получили домашнее задание.

The assignment gave him the chance to prove his talents.

Это назначение дало ему шанс доказать свои способности.

“I’ve finished my assignment.” “Jolly good!”

— Я выполнил задание. — Прекрасно! / Очень хорошо!

He’s fussing about his new assignment.

Он недоволен своим новым заданием.

The correspondent was on assignment in the Far East.

Корреспондент был в командировке на Дальнем Востоке.

His assignment verged on the impossible.

Его задание находилось на грани невозможного.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

In the sentence “We forced ourselves to finish the assignment,” the word “ourselves” is a reflexive pronoun.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

reassignment  — перевод по службе, переподчинение, передача, перераспределение

Формы слова

noun
ед. ч.(singular): assignment
мн. ч.(plural): assignments

Meaning ASSIGNMENT

What does ASSIGNMENT mean? Here you find 168 meanings of the word ASSIGNMENT. You can also add a definition of ASSIGNMENT yourself

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The sale, transfer or conveyance of all or a fraction of ownership interest or rights owned in real estate or other such property. The term is commonly used in the oil and gas business to convey worki [..]

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The receipt of an exercise notice by an options writer that requires the writer to sell (in the case of a call) or purchase (in the case of a put) the underlying security at the specified strike price [..]

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An agreement by your doctor, provider, or supplier to be paid directly by Medicare, to accept the payment amount Medicare approves for the service, and not to bill you for any more than the Medicare d [..]

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An arrangement whereby a physician or medical supplier agrees to accept the amount approved by Medicare as full payment for services and supplies under Part B. Medicare usually pays 80% of the approved amount directly to the physician or supplier after the beneficiary meets the annual Part B deductible. The beneficiary pays the other 20 percent.

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The transfer of all or part of a policy owner´s legal title and rights to a policy to another person. It is possible to change this type of transfer at a later date.

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An assignment is a draft article that has been assigned to another user for editing. Assignments may contain brief instructions and a due date.

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A short document that transfers your interest in assets from your name to another. Often used when transferring assets to a trust.

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1 [countable, uncountable] a task or piece of work that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job or studies You will need to complete three written assignments per semester. She is in Gree [..]

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A transfer of legal rights under, or interest in, an insurance policy to another party. In most instances, the assignment of such rights can only be effected with the written consent of the insurer.

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late 14c., «order, request, directive,» from Old French assignement «(legal) assignment (of dower, etc.),» from Late Latin assignamentum, noun of action from Latin assignare (see a [..]

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The formal transfer of property, as for benefit of creditors, especially accounts receivable as collateral for a loan.

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The transfer of a property’s right, title and interest from one person to another.

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Under English law assignment is an agreement to transfer all of the rights (but not the obligations) under a contract to a new lender evidenced by an assignment agreement.

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The transfer of a mortgage or lease from one person to another.

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A distribution of costs using causal relationships. Because cost causal relationships are viewed as more relevant for management decision making, assignment of costs is generally preferable to allocat [..]

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The system of trading securities through brokers or agents on an exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange. Buyers compete with other buyers while sellers compete with other sellers for the most ad [..]

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Attorney-in-Fact An attorney-in-fact is a person appointed to perform legal acts for another under a power-of-attorney.

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Notification by OCC to a clearing member that an owner of an option has exercised their rights. For equity and index options, OCC makes assignments on a random basis. See also Delivery and Exercise.

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Assignment occurs when someone who has written, or sold, a listed option receives a notice that the option has been exercised and he or she must fulfill the terms of the contract by buying the underlying instrument if the option was a put or selling the underlying instrument if the option was a call.Making the assignment is a two-step process. When [..]

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The form imprinted on a certificated security that, when completed and signed by the registered owner, authorizes the transfer of the security into the name of a new owner. Assignments are often execu [..]

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The transfer of some power such as Authority, Responsibility, Accountability, etc. [D02387]

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The transfer of a right or title to another party.  In shipping a bill of lading may be assigned to another party as part of a commercial transaction.  See also Bill of Lading.

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1) A transfer of property or ownership rights from one person to another, called the «assignee.» For example, a lease may be assigned from one tenant to another. Or, ownership rights for a p [..]

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a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); &amp;quot;hazardous duty&amp;quot; the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred fro [..]

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Transfer of ownership of a mortgage usually when the loan is sold to another company.

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For NS/EP, the designation of priority level(s).

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Authorization given by an administration for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified conditions. [NTIA] [RR]

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The transfer of the ownership rights of a life insurance policy from one person to another.

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When ownership of your mortgage is transferred from one company or individual to another, it is called an assignment.

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Definitions (2) 1. The receipt of an exercise notice by an option writer that requires him/her to sell the security in the case of a call option, or to buy the security in the case of a put option, at [..]

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Several definitions: 1) The transfer of ownership rights in a life insurance policy or other type of contract from one party to another. (2) The document that causes the transfer of ownership rights t [..]

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The process of assessing a donor and matching them with the most appropriate Beneficiary and Relationship Manager.

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1 : the act of assigning 2 a : a position, post, or office to which one is assigned b : a task assigned 3 : a present transfer of property or rights absolute assignment : an assignment in which …

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a transfer of ownership of a patent application or patent from one entity to another. Record all assignments with the USPTO Assignment Services Division to maintain clear title to pending patent applications and patents. — read more about Patent Assignments — see Assign a Patent Application or Patent — see Search Patent Assignments online p

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a transfer of ownership of a trademark application or trademark registration from one entity to another. The USPTO recommends recording assignments with the USPTO Assignment Services Division to maintain clear title to pending trademark applications and registrations. For information on how to record an assignment, see Recordation Form Cover Sheet. [..]

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A transfer of the lessee's entire stake in the property. It is distinguishable from a sublease where the sublessee acquires something less than the lessee's entire interest.

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A job given to a journalist by an editor.

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A job given to a journalist by an editorial supervisor, such as a news editor.

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The transfer of property rights from one person to another.

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  A method of assigning individuals to the populations from which they were most likely to have originated (regardless of where they dispersed to or were sampled).  A web-based assignment calculator [..]

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Assignment is an entitlement held by a cane grower which allows the holder to deliver to a mill for payment, cane grown on a number of hectares situated within the boundaries of a description of land [..]

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A term commonly used in connection with a bill of lading. It involves the transfer of rights, title and interest in order to assign goods by endorsing the bill of lading. The transfer of rights, dutie [..]

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Copyright can be assigned to a label or publisher, or a third party such as a royalty collection society. This allows them to act on behalf the copyright owner to issue licenses and collect royalties [..]

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The transfer in writing of an interest in a lease, mortgage or other instrument. The assignor, or lessee, transfers the entire remainder of the term created by the lease, and the assignee [..]

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The process by which the CME clearing house, in response to a long exercising its option, randomly selects a seller to fulfill its obligation to buy or sell the underlying futures contract at its strike price. The assigned seller of a put must buy the underlying futures contract; the assigned seller of a call must sell the underlying futures contra [..]

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The designation by the Federal Communications Commission of the holder of a radio or TV frequency or of a broadcast license; the designation of a photo or writing task by an editor. The assignment edi [..]

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A job given to a journalist by an editor.

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Instruction to a reporter to cover an event.

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A job given to a journalist by an editor.

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A particular job given to reporters by editors. Sometimes reporters suggest their own assignments, but they must get an editor’s approval before beginning work.

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The transfer of one person’s interest in a legal right or duty to another person or organisation.

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The temporary movement of an employee at level within an organization to perform a set of duties or functions of another existing position or to take on a special project. An assignment is an administrative measure that is not an appointment or a deployment, and it cannot constitute a promotion or extend an employment period. The employee continues [..]

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The transfer of rights and/or obligations under a contract from one party to another. With respect to an export credit guarantee this most often applies where an exporter assigns the benefits of insur [..]

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A transfer of legal title to an asset for security purposes.

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Acceptance of exercise notice by option writer requiring him to sell, in a call, or buy, in a put, at a given price, the underlying security.

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The transfer of a contract or a right to buy property at given rates and terms from a mortgagee to another person.

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When an invoice is raised and sent to Bibby Financial Services it is effectively sold to us, otherwise known as assigned to.

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The transfer of an asset from an Assignor to an Assignee. Unlike a Security Assignment, an assignment is not subject to the Equity of Redemption. An assignment may be either an Equitable Assignment or a Legal Assignment.

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The notification to the seller of an option by the clearing corporation that the buyer of the option is enforcing the terms of the option’s contract.

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The handing over or transfer of ownership of one’s mortgage be it a company or individual to another is an assignment.

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Assignment, in the context of medicare means that a doctor or supplier who offers service under medicare agrees to accept an amount that the medicare approves as full payment for the service offered. [..]

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Address space assigned for specific use within the Internet infrastructure of a network. Assignments can be made by LIRs to their customer’s network infrastructure or to the LIR’s own infras [..]

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The receipt of an exercise notice by an options writer that requires him to sell (in the case of a call) or purchase (in the case of a put) the underlying security at the specified strike price.

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Refers to the written transfer of a security interest in equipment on a finance contract to third party, i.e., a dealer assigning his rights and interests in a conditional sale contract to a credit institution.

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This transfers title of the outstanding debts to the funder. For disclosed facilities a notice is usually printed on to invoices to advise customers that the funder should receive payment.

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The transfer from one bank to another of the right to receive loan principal and interest from a borrower.

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A piece of academic work you must complete as part of your course.

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An assignment of a radio frequency or radio frequency channel is an authorization given by an administration for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency channel under specified con [..]

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A transfer between parties of title to any property, real or personal, of all rights or estates in the property. Common assignments include leases, mortgages and deeds of trust.

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The transfer of the legal right, interest or ownership (title) from a creditor (assignor) to a new creditor (assignee). A distinction is made between a single assignment (where only a specific claim i [..]

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An agreement to pay Medicare benefits directly to Medicare beneficiary's doctor, supplier, or healthcare provider. Under such an agreement, a Medicare beneficiary will not be billed anything over the Medicare deductible and coinsurance. Medicare payments may be assigned to participating providers only.

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Transfer of ownership of a mortgage usually when the loan is sold to another company.

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The legal transfer of ownership of an asset to another person or entity.

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The transfer of a property claim, property right, or property interest from one person or entity to another.

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Copyright can be assigned to a label, publisher, or a third party such as a royalty collection society. This allows them to act on behalf of the copyright owner to issue licenses and collect royalties [..]

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a learning activity required of a student, class, or cohort.

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The transfer of one’s interest in a right or property to another person or entity.

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Language placed on or attached to a student loan promissory note indicating a change or transfer of loan ownership.

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The sale of a lease agreement and transfer of the ownership rights for the leased vehicle from the lessor to an assignee. Many leases are assigned at the time the lease is signed.

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the bus or buses designated to send and/or return an audio signal to or from a device.

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a transfer of ownership of rights by the owner (assignor) to another party (assignee).

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definite OK to take photos for a specific client with mutual understanding as to the provisions and terms involved.

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Concept referring to the standardized Fees for Services rendered by Health Care Providers, e.g., Laboratories and Physicians, and reimbursement for those services under Medicare Part B. It includes ac [..]

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The transfer of rights, duties, responsibilities, and benefits of an agreement, contract, or financial instrument to a third party.

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The transfer of certain rights from one party to another.

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The legal transfer of one person’s interest in an insurance policy to another person.

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A term commonly used in connection with a bill of lading. It involves the transfer of rights, title and interest in order to assign goods by endorsing the bill of lading.

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The passing of beneficial rights from one party to another.

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The transfer of rights, duties, responsibilities, and benefits of an agreement, contract, or financial instrument to a third party.

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The transfer of a legal right or interest from one person to another.

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The transfer by a creditor (the «assignor») to another party (the «assignee») of a debt or right of action which the ceditor has against a third party(the «debtor»). The assignment of debts and rights of action is generally permitted in both civil law and common law jurisdictions, subject to certain formalities. The as [..]

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The transfer of ownership rights of a life insurance policy to another party

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The legal transfer of one person’s interest in an insurance policy to another person.

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The transfer of certain rights from one party to another.

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In general, the transfer of a right or benefit to another party. An assured may transfer certain of their rights under a cargo policy to another usually by issuing a Special Cargo Policy.

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In Original Medicare (Parts A and B), this means a doctor or supplier agrees to accept the Medicare-approved amount as full payment. If you are in the Original Medicare plan, it can save you money if your doctor accepts assignment. You still pay your share of the cost of doctor visits.

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The passing of beneficial rights from one party to another. ASSIGNED RISK

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The legal transfer—to another person or to an entity like a financial institution—of the claim rights an individual has on an insurance policy. This is done to qualify for a loan.

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The passing of beneficial rights from one party another.

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The transfer of one’s interest in an insurance contract to another; in many kinds of insurance, valid only with the consent of the insurer; the transfer, after an event insured against, of one� [..]

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The transfer of the ownership rights of a life insurance policy from one person to another.

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An agreement you sign that allows your insurance to pay the doctor or hospital directly.

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The partial or complete transfer by a person of his right or interest in a policy to another person. The ability of a person to so assign the policy may be limited by law or individual circumstances. [..]

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Assignment means a doctor agrees to accept Medicare’s approved amount as full payment. You may be able to save money by going to a doctor who accepts assignment, but you may still have some costs, such as coinsurance. See also the definitions for actual charge, approved amount and coinsurance.

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the signed authorization by the policyholder for the insurance company to pay benefits directly to the hospital, doctor, or other provider.

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(1) An authorization to pay Medicare benefits directly to the provider. Medicare payments may be assigned to participating providers only.

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An assignment is a statement in computer programming that is used to set a value to a variable name. The operator used to do assignment is denoted with an equal sign (=). This operand works by assigni [..]

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A legal document which assigns or conveys Oil and Gas Leases or Overriding Royalties.

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The legal instrument used to assign or convey oil, gas, and mineral leases or overriding royalty interests.

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A legal grant of a right, privilege, benefit, or property, usually conveyed by written document. An assignment often transfers property from a debtor to be sold to benefit creditors.

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An operator whose assigned mission in life is to change the value of a variable.

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Choosing someone to do something. Usually used in:

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n. the act of transferring an interest in property or some right (such as contract benefits) to another. It is used commonly by lawyers, accountants, business people, title companies and others dealin [..]

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The act of setting the value of an existing variable or slot, or of setting an element of a collection. The assignment operator is :=.

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An awk expression that changes the value of some awk variable or data object. An object that you can assign to is called an lvalue. The assigned values are called rvalues. See Assignment Ops.

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The transfer of rights held by one party to another party

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Authorisation given by a licensing authority for a radio station to use a specific radio frequency or channel under specified conditions.

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Assignment is the process by which one transfer his right/int erest/title over his actionable claims to another.

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Options are exercised through the option purchaser’s broker, who notifies the clearinghouse of the option’s exercise. The clearinghouse then notifies the option seller that the buyer has exe [..]

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The transfer of ownership of an item from one organisation/individual to another.

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Assignment of a mark without the necessary transfer of goodwillassociated with the mark. Such assignments are invalid, and result inabandonment of the trademark. If so, the person to whom the mark w [..]

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In relation to an interest in immovable goods, means the assignment by a person of that interest in those goods or any part of those goods to another person, except that, if that other person at the time of the assignment retains the reversion on that interest in those goods, that assignment shall be a surrender.

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An assignment is the transfer of a mortgage from one person to another. A written document that serves as evidence of a transfer of a loan obligation from the original borrower to a third party.

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a firm offer to write a story for a website, magazine, or company

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 This is the official definition of where and what a PCV does.  My assignment is the HE program in the Kyrgyz Republic.

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The transfer of an interest from one person to another e.g. A lease or goodwill in the case of a business sale.

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The legal instrument whereby Oil and Gas Leases or Overriding Royalty interests are assigned or conveyed. ASSIGNEE:

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  In oil and gas usage, assignment is a transfer of a property or an interest in an oil or gas property; most commonly, the transfer of an oil or gas lease. The assignor does the transferring and th [..]

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The transfer of interest, right or title. Assignment clause

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The legal instrument whereby Oil and Gas Leases are assigned/conveyed.

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 Legal instrument that transfers an interest in a property from one party to another. The receiving party is the ‘assignee’ while the transferring party is the ‘assignor’.

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The legal instrument whereby Oil & Gas leases or overriding royalty interests are assigned/conveyed Associated Natural Gas All natural gas that is produced in conjunction with crude oil

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A transfer of a contract (e.g. for pipeline or storage capacity) on a permanent or temporary basis from one party to another.

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The legal instrument whereby oil and gas leases are assigned/conveyed.

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A claim to a provider or medical supplier to receive payments directly from Medicare.

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A process in which a Medicare beneficiary agrees to have Medicare’s share of the cost of a service paid directly, or assigned, to a doctor or other provider, and the provider agrees to accept the Medicare approved charge as payment in full. Medicare pays 80 percent of the cost and the beneficiary 20 percent, for most services. See participatin [..]

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Transfer of ownership – can be as a gift, for a value, or for nothing.

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A document that transfers the rights in property to another person.

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The transfer of a mortgage from one person to another.

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The transfer of copyright from the original owner to another party. (2)

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The process whereby a company sells a debt to another company. Audit

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The transfer of a mortgage from one person to another.

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(v) &quot;selling&quot; a patent or application (that is, transferring one’s rights), and (n) the document evidencing the sale. See also &quot;license&quot;. 

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A transfer of leasehold land (usually unregistered).

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The notification to the seller of an option by the clearing corporation that the buyer of the option is enforcing the terms of the option’s contract. At-the-Money:

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The process by which the seller of an option is notified of the buyer’s intention to exercise.

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(1) The act of transferring an interest, such as a loan secured by a mortgage, from one person to another. (2) The instrument or paper by which one person transfers such ownership to another.

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(1)The act of transferring an interest, such as a loan secured by a mortgage, from one person to another. (2) The instrument or paper by which one person transfers such ownership to another.

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Assignment in Kerala Land Assignment Rule 1964 means transfer of land by way of registry and includes a lease and a grant of licence for the use of the land. Assigning Authority

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In law an assignment generally refers to the transfer of an interest in a lease, permit, license of occupation or other instrument, by writing. The assignee then stands in the place of the assign or. [..]

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a transfer in writing of one’s interest in something, as to assign an interest in a promissory note and deed of trust.

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A document that formally hands over soneone’s part-ownership or INTEREST in a piece of land to someone else. For example, a buyer of SURRENDERED Indian reserve land, who has paid only part of the price to the Department of Indian Affairs, could assign his interest in the land to another person. That person would then have to pay the rest of the p [..]

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The receipt of an exercise notice by an options writer that requires the writer to sell (in the case of a call) or purchase (in the case of a put) the underlying security at the specified strike price [..]

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In computer programming, an assignment statement sets and/or re-sets the value stored in the storage location(s) denoted by a variable name; in other words, it copies a value into the variable. In mos [..]

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Assignment (computer science), a type of modification to a variable
Assignment (education), a task given to students by their teachers to be completed out of the cla [..]

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An assignment is a legal term used in the context of the law of contract and of real estate. In both instances, assignment is the process whereby a person, the assignor, transfers rights or benefits [..]

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Assignment is a South African political thriller, produced and written by Laszlo Bene and Sandi Schultz. It was directed and edited by Laszlo Bene. Assignment was shot in 2014 in Johannesburg. It was [..]

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Assignment is a concept in housing law that allows the transfer of a tenancy from one person to another. Not all tenancies offer assignment and often permission from the landlord is required in order [..]

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A transfer of the rights and benefits of an insurance policy from one person to another either conditionally or absolutely, by an endorsement upon the Policy itself or by a separate instrument signed in either case by the assignor specifically stating the fact of assignment and duly registered in the records of the insurer.

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Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I’d give it my best shot.

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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSIGNMENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSIGNMENT

Assignment is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASSIGNMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?


Definition of assignment in the English dictionary

The first definition of assignment in the dictionary is something that has been assigned, such as a mission or task. Other definition of assignment is a position or post to which a person is assigned. Assignment is also the act of assigning or state of being assigned.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSIGNMENT

Synonyms and antonyms of assignment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «ASSIGNMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «assignment» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «assignment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSIGNMENT

Find out the translation of assignment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of assignment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assignment» in English.

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任务

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tarea

570 millions of speakers

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असाइनमेंट

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مُهِمَّة

280 millions of speakers

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задание

278 millions of speakers

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tarefa

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নিয়োগ

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mission

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Tugasan

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Aufgabe

180 millions of speakers

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割り当て

130 millions of speakers

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nhiệm vụ

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வேலையை

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atama

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compito

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zadanie

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завдання

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lucrare

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ανάθεση

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opdrag

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uppdrag

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The term «assignment» is very widely used and occupies the 9.474 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assignment

10 QUOTES WITH «ASSIGNMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word assignment.

My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake… spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer’s contribution to culture.

My assignment was exclusively in the research field, and my first published paper, On the Optimal Use of Winds for Flight Planning, was the outgrowth of that work.

I always liked creativity, whether it was to draw or sew — any creative assignment I was getting from school, or just on my own.

I had a clear vision: if I take up an assignment, I’ll do full justice to it; otherwise I’ll walk away.

Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it’s impossible; it’s like having a homework assignment every stinking day until it’s done. And by the time you get it in, it’s done and you’re sitting there reading it, and you realize the 12,000 things you didn’t do. I mean, writing isn’t fun. It’s never been fun.

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.

When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I’d give it my best shot.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSIGNMENT»

Discover the use of assignment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assignment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

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Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice …

Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX® Examination is the only review book on the market with a focus on prioritization and management of care-just like the current NCLEX Examination itself!

Linda A. LaCharity, Candice K. Kumagai, Barbara Bartz, 2013

Sent by GodIn this intriguing book, Roland Buck describes his personal encounters with angels and what the Bible tells us about these messengers of God.

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Assignment Problems, Revised Reprint:

This book also can serve as a text for advanced courses in areas related to discrete mathematics and combinatorial optimisation.

Rainer Burkard, Mauro Dell’Amico, Silvano Martello, 2012

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Assignment Problems in Parallel and Distributed Computing

This book has been written for practitioners, researchers and stu dents in the fields of parallel and distributed computing.

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Guest on the Law of Assignment

This text explains the nature of assignment, commencing with a definition of assignment, before outlining and giving examples of choses in action.

Anthony Gordon Guest, 2012

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Assignment: A Jerry Stern—World Bank Adventure

The assignment given to World Bank consultant Jerry Stern is simple: check the progress on a $2.4 billion project to expand the railroad and shipping facilities of Istanbul.

The essential guide to working in the Pentagon

Maj. Gen. Perry M. Smith autofilled, 2007

This is a story of belief, disillusionment and atonement. Long identified with leftist causes, the journalist Eugene Lyons was by background and sentiment predisposed to early support of the Russian Revolution.

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Assignment and Thesis Writing

The book has now been adapted with local examples to ensure relevance for students in South African institutions.

Jonathan Anderson, Millicent Poole, 2009

Chapter. XVI. Waiting. for. the. Baby. The Arab month of Ramadan started on
April 1 in 1957. The weather was cool and rainy for the most part, making the fast
days less arduous for the Moslems, One night there was a bad storm with a lot of
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSIGNMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assignment is used in the context of the following news items.

Chad Qualls set for rehab assignment in Corpus Christi

BOSTON — The pinched nerve in Chad Qualls’ neck seems to be resolved and the reliever is nearing a minor league rehab assignment, … «Chron.com, Jul 15»

Braves designate Nick Masset and Dana Eveland for assignment

Relievers Nick Masset and Dana Eveland were part of the reason why the Phillies were able to score four runs in the top of the 10th inning on … «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»

Yankees’ Andrew Miller to have rehab assignment Monday

NEW YORK – After tossing a 30-pitch bullpen session Saturday morning, Yankees closer Andrew Miller will throw a one-inning rehab … «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»

Material Fact — PetroRio informs ANP approval on assignment of …

Since the signing of the definitive agreements for the sale and assignment of the entire stake held by PetroRio in Solimões, the parties have … «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

Mariners designate Bloomquist for assignment to clear space for …

The Seattle Mariners designated Bloomquist, a South Kitsap High School graduate, for assignment Thursday morning to clear roster space for … «The Bellingham Herald, Jul 15»

First Church of Monson pastor draws new assignment in New …

marrone.jpg The Rev. Robert E. Marrone shows some of his artwork at the House of Art at 200 Main Street in Monson. Republican photo. «MassLive.com, Jul 15»

Sports: Giants designate playoff star Travis Ishikawa for assignment

Travis Ishikawa, a first baseman for the San Francisco Giants, was designated for assignment by the team on July 3 to help clear space on the … «Asia Times, Jul 15»

Indians’ Nick Swisher nearing rehab assignment

Indians designated hitter Nick Swisher was able to do some running prior to Saturday’s game and the team is targeting a rehab assignment … «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

Indians hope Josh Tomlin can begin rehab assignment soon

Indians manager Terry Francona said pitcher Josh Tomlin could begin his rehab assignment pretty soon, reports Cleveland.com. Tomlin has … «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

Yankees’ Jacoby Ellsbury returns to rehab assignment on Saturday

He started a rehab assignment with Tampa on Tuesday but was shut down with soreness after two games. After sitting out Thursday and Friday, … «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»

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